What was agreed to in the missouri compromise

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Dima Feldman · Answer 1 · 2019-10-15T23:34:05+0000

They agreed to admit Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This was done in effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states. We call this agreement, the Missouri compromise which was passed in 1820.

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